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Lee's Summit council reviews options, costs for federal lobbying; asks staff for firm overviews
Summary
City staff presented national and regional spending data on federal lobbyists and the council directed staff to request sample contracts and scope information from firms rather than immediately opening an RFP or hiring a federal lobbyist.
The Lee's Summit City Council continued a discussion about whether to secure federal lobbying services and how to pay for them, reviewing a dataset showing municipalities in the region spend roughly $40,000 to more than $280,000 annually for federal lobbying services. "So that's just really not feasible. But what I would like to see, is if maybe we could contact these 2 firms that are in their memorandum, and just get a, like, a if they have a sample contract or some kind of overview of what they do so we can have an idea," said Brian (staff member) as councilors discussed next steps.
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